1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 113及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Book Knowledge and Experience. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. Section A （ A） They have no assignments.
2、（ B） They are supposed to read the next chapter. （ C） They need to compose an essay about the show they will view. （ D） They are supposed to discuss their opinions about the program. （ A） Its her way of welcoming people. （ B） Its her way of annoying people. （ C） She is bothered. （ D） She wants to ea
3、t. （ A） Mary likes postcards. （ B） Mary is going to Hawaii. （ C） Mary has traveled all over the world. （ D） Mary is going on vacation. （ A） They work on the same floors in the same shopping center. （ B） They havent met before. （ C） They are both business majors. （ D） They are both nice. （ A） Warm an
4、d dry. （ B） Dry but cold. （ C） Sunny and warm. （ D） Cold and wet. （ A） 6,400 kilometers. （ B） 2,168 kilometers. （ C） 3,168 kilometers. （ D） 2,186 kilometers. （ A） At a cafe. （ B） At a friends home. （ C） At a bakery. （ D） At a birthday party. （ A） He doesnt like either decision. （ B） Its a difficult
5、decision. （ C） It makes no difference what she decides to do. （ D） He has no idea. （ A） Go to summer camp. （ B） Take a summer vacation. （ C） Stay at home. （ D） Earn some money. （ A） They hired someone to stay in their home. （ B） They left their pets with their relatives. （ C） They rented their house
6、 to a student. （ D） They asked their secretaries to watch their home. （ A） Walking the dog. （ B） Cutting the grass. （ C） Taking care of the children. （ D） Feeding the fish. （ A） They attend a house-sitters party. （ B） They check a house-sitters references. （ C） They interview a house-sitters friends
7、. （ D） They look at a house-sitters transcripts. （ A） He is too tired. （ B） He doesnt know about the assignment. （ C） PC games take up too much of his time. （ D） He thinks assignment boring and tedious. （ A） Warm-hearted, self-disciplined, patient. （ B） Hot-tempered, diligent, kind. （ C） Easy-going,
8、 warm-hearted, stubborn. （ D） Self-centered, hard-working, considerate. （ A） He spends much school time playing computer games. （ B） He often dozes off in class. （ C） He doesnt take the assignments seriously. （ D） He plays computer games because the textbooks are dull and lectures are boring. Sectio
9、n B （ A） The meaning of facial expressions depends on situations. （ B） Facial expressions can cause misunderstanding across culture. （ C） People from one culture may lack facial expressions because they experience less emotion. （ D） Facial expressions may disguise true feelings. （ A） They smile to c
10、over embarrassment. （ B） It is an unusual and even suspicious behavior. （ C） They smile to show politeness. （ D） It is an expression of pleasure. （ A） We shouldnt judge people by reading their faces. （ B） We shouldnt smile in the wrong place. （ C） We shouldnt cover our true feelings. （ D） We shouldn
11、t express our emotions too openly. （ A） Separate houses were built for storing ice. （ B） Double walls were built in icehouses to keep cool. （ C） Blocks of ice were packed with weed in icehouses. （ D） Ice was put into icehouses in winter. （ A） The ice was cut and handled with the help of some special
12、 tools. （ B） The ice was taken from the flowing river with hooks and carried by sleds to icehouses. （ C） The ice was carried on the frozen surface of the pond or river. （ D） The ice was sawed into even blocks by workers. （ A） Ice Saws, choppers, axes, tongs, hooks. （ B） Ice Axes, saws, choppers, ton
13、gs, hooks. （ C） Choppers, axes, saws, hooks, tongs. （ D） Ice Axes, saws, choppers, hooks, tongs. （ A） To find out how much air can be pumped into a plane. （ B） To find out how much air passengers need to breathe at certain altitudes. （ C） To find what would happen if the plane crashed in the water.
14、（ D） To find out if there are any weak parts in the plane that would burst under pressure. （ A） Because the water pressure is greater than air pressure. （ B） Because the first Comets crashed in the water. （ C） Because there is less damage when the explosion takes place under water. （ D） Because it i
15、s the only way available for engineers to find out which part has cracked. （ A） In the air. （ B） On the airfield. （ C） Under water. （ D） At plane manufacturing factory. （ A） Two important tests of a new airliner because it is put into use. （ B） How to carry out tank test in the water. （ C） How pilot
16、s carry out the test flights. （ D） How to make a safe passenger plane. Section C 26 For centuries, farmers have used windmills to pump water, crush grain and perform other tasks. Today, farmers can earn money with high-powered wind turbines that produce【 B1】 _Wind power has become big business, espe
17、cially in Europe. In the United States, less than one percent of electricity is produced from wind energy. But production【 B2】 _one 160% between 2000 and 2005. So says Keith Collins, the chief【 B3】 _at the Department of Agriculture, in a【 B4】 _he prepared for a Senate committee last month. Farmers a
18、nd【 B5】 _are providing land to turbine owners or, in some cases, owning the【 B6】 _themselves. Mister Collins says one reason for the increase is high prices for natural gas. Another is a federal tax credit for wind production. The production tax credit for【 B7】_forms of energy was supposed to end th
19、is December. Other reasons for the expansion include improved turbine technology and lower production costs. They also include policies that【 B8】 _for wind power producers to sell their electricity. California is the leading state for wind power. But Mister Collins says production is also growing in
20、 Minnesota and other Midwestern states. And he says many states in the West and Midwest have【 B9】 _to produce much more wind power. Wind power offers farmers a way to earn money for use of their land. Wind is free, of course. Not only that, the land under the turbines can usually be farmed. And farm
21、ers may be able to【 B10】 _by charging visitors to see their wind farm. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply【 C1】 _and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or
22、lesser extent, notions of male superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in【 C2】_makes for equality, and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fu
23、lly for participation in a world【 C3】 _by cooperation rather than by the “battle of the sexes“. If the process goes too far and mans role is regarded as【 C4】 _important and that has happened in some caseswe are as badly off as before, only in reverse. It is time to【 C5】 _the role of the man in the A
24、merican family. We are getting a little tired of “Momism“ but we dont want to exchange it for a “Neo-Popism“. What we need,【 C6】 _, is there cognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychologists, social workers, and【 C7】_on the family are becoming m
25、ore aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the creditnor all the blame. We have almost【 C8】 _up saying that a womans place is in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it, nor is that place irrelevant to the healthy development of the chi
26、ld. The family is a【 C9】 _enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems. Excessive authoritarianism has unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal respons
27、ibilities is【 C10】 _not only with a healthy democracy, but also with a healthy family. A)less B)male C)cooperative D)reassess E)encourage F)given G)decisions H)connected I)rather J)corporation K)separated L)more M)specialists N)though O)characterized 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【
28、 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Wal-Mart AWal-Mart is more than just the worlds largest retailer. It is an economic force, a cultural phenomenon and a lightning rod for controversy. It all started with a simple philosophy from founder Sam Walton: offer shoppers lower prices th
29、an they get anywhere else. That basic strategy has shaped Wal-Marts culture and driven the companys growth. BNow that Wal-Mart is so huge, it has unprecedented power to shape labor markets globally and change the way entire industries operate. History of Wal-Mart CSam Walton opened his first five-an
30、d-dime in 1950. His vision was to keep prices as low as possible. Even if his margins werent as fat as competitors, he figured he could make up for that in volume. He was right. DIn the early 1960s, Walton opened his first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas. The company continued to grow, going public in
31、1970 and adding more stores every year. In 1990, Wal-Mart surpassed key rival Kmart in size. Two years later, it surpassed Sears. EWalton continued to drive an old pickup truck and share budget-hotel rooms with colleagues on business trips, even after War-Mart made him very rich. He demanded that hi
32、s employees also keep expenses to a bare minimum a mentality that is still at the heart of Wal-Mart culture more than decade after Waltons death. The company has continued to grow rapidly after his death in 1992 and now operates four retail divisions Wal-Mart Super Centers, War-Mart Discount Stores,
33、 Neighborhood Market Stores and Sams Club Warehouses. Wal-Mart Strategy FLets start with technology. Wal-Mart pushed the retail industry to establish the universal bar code, which forced manufacturers to adopt common labeling. The bar code allowed retailers to generate all kinds of information creat
34、ing a subtle shift of power from manufacturers to retailers. Wal-Mart became especially good at exploiting the information behind the bar code. And thus it is considered a pioneer in developing sophisticated technology to track its stock and cut the fat out of its supply chain. GRecently, Wal-Mart b
35、ecame the first major retailer to demand manufacturers use radio frequency identification technology(RFID). The technology uses radio frequencies to transmit data stored on small tags attached to pallets(货盘 )or individual products. RFID tags hold significantly more data than bar codes. HThe frugal c
36、ulture, established by Walton, also plays into Wal-Marts success. The company has been criticized for the relatively poor wages and health care plans that it offers to ran-and-file employees. It has also been accused of demanding that hourly workers put in overtime without pay. Store managers often
37、work more than 70 hours per week. IThis culture is also present at the companys headquarters. Wal-Mart is headquartered in Benton-ville, Arkansas, instead of an expensive city like New York. The building is unattractive and dull. You wont catch executives in quality cars and you wont see them draggi
38、ng into work at 9:30 a.m. Executives fly coach and often share hotel rooms with colleagues. They work long hours, typically arriving at work before 6:30 a.m. and working half-days on Saturdays. JThe central goal of Wal-Mart is to keep retail prices low and the company has been very successful at thi
39、s. Experts estimate that Wal-Mart saves shoppers at least 15 percent on a typical cart of groceries. Everything including the technology and corporate culture feeds into that ultimate goal of delivering the lowest prices possible. Wal-Mart also pushes its suppliers, some say cruelly, to cut prices.
40、In The Wal-Mart Effect, author Charles Fishman discusses how the price of a four-pack of GE light bulbs decreased from $2.19 to 88 cents during a five-year period. The Power KBecause of Wal-Marts massive size, it has incredible power. It has driven the smallest retailers out of business; forced manu
41、facturers to be more efficient, often leading these suppliers to move manufacturing jobs overseas; and changed the way that even large and established industries do business. LThere is plenty of anecdotal evidence that a new Wal-Mart in town spells doom for local pharmacies, grocery stores, sporting
42、 goods stores, etc. Economist Emek Basker, Ph.D., attempted to quantify the impact. Her study found that in a typical United States county, when a Wal-Mart opens, three other retailers close within two years and four close within five years. While the Wal- Mart might employ 300 people, another 250 p
43、eople working in retail lose their jobs within five years in that county. MWal-Mart has life or death decisions over(almost)all the consumer goods industries that exist in the United State, because it is the number-one supplier-retailer of most of our consumer goods not just clothes, shoes, toys, bu
44、t home appliances, electronic products, sporting goods, bicycles, groceries, food. NThe stories of how Wal-Mart pushes manufacturers into selling the same product at lower and lower prices are legendary. One example is Lakewood Engineering she “treads softly(谨言慎行 )in the world“ elevating feminine be
45、auty and grace to an art form. Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic(语言的 )ideal. They are using fewer of the very deferential “womens“ forms, and even using the few strong forms that are known as “mens“. This, of course, attracts considerabl
46、e attention and has led to an outcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of womens language. Indeed, we didnt hear about “mens language“ until people began to respond to girls appropriation of forms normally reserved for boys and men. There is considerable sentiment about the “corruptio
47、n“ of womens language which of course is viewed as part of the loss of feminine ideals and morality and this sentiment is crystallized by nationwide opinion polls that are regularly carried out by the media. Yoshiko Matsumoto has argued that young women probably never used as many of the highly defe
48、rential forms as older women. This highly polite style is no doubt something that young women have been expected to “grow into“ after all, it is a sign not simply of femininity, but of maturity and refinement, and its use could be taken to indicate a change in the nature of ones social relations as
49、well. One might well imagine little girls using exceedingly polite forms when playing house or imitating older women in a fashion analogous to little girls use of a high-pitched voice to do “teacher talk“ or “mother talk“ in role play. The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential language is a sure sign of change of social change and of linguistic change. But it is
